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drat!

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I watched this new one on Friday and it was a very good time - I laughed a lot. Eddie Murphy is still Eddie Murphy, thank goodness for small things!

https://youtu.be/Y9d2G3l3UO4?si=OFxEjRMBuuPWrZXu

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Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:00 pm

what is TKAM?

TKAM is To Kill a Mockingbird- in this case the stage adaptation by Aaron Sorkin, starring Richard Thomas on tour (the Broadway run initially starred Jeff Daniels).

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I talked myself out of a trip to Hartford to see TKAM with Richard Thomas and now I’ve just bought a ticket to see it in Providence - I am beyond excited, I can’t wait!

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When Sinead O'Connor passed away earlier this year, millions of people around the world genuinely mourned her passing. When Shane MacGowan passed away this week, millions of people around the world began to genuinely mourn his passing. Both brough light and incredible art into this broken world and ...

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And while I know MacGowan was a brilliant lyricist, his cover of someone else’s song is one of my favorites of his and always makes me cry.

https://youtu.be/TMoYZsPHoL4?si=4f1JB5ovSOqeC1t6

Two really special Irish souls have gone and left the world less beautiful.

https://youtu.be/gotGzYu08cI?si=_pOeCkAm9KDlqhGX

I found a dirt cheap used very good condition (box a bit banged up, books crisp and never read condition) box set of Roald Dahl stories on Abebooks.com which came in today’s mail and I am just ridiculously excited! I don’t want to know anything more about Roald Dahl than that he was a brilliant stor...

Glad to hear everything came out okay

I rode that train when I was 17. I was returning to Arizona after a short lived relocation to tri-cities Washington with a boyfriend. We had taken busses to get there, but on the way back to Arizona my mom got us train tickets and the longest stretch was on the Coastal Starlight. The views of the co...

Just now watching the opening hour of my news show, spent the morning with my head in the sand. The NYT reporting that Israel knew all about the details of the attack for a year??!! WTF???? Waiting to hear more details but horrified. And of course they're killing each other again, too. Somebody need...

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I get the distinction of being the most belated birthday wishes giver in the thread! Happy belated birthday fellow Sagittarian!

Just parking this here for anyone interested in the long read: The Netanyahu doctrine: how Israel’s longest-serving leader reshaped the country in his image

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I like the Rolling Stone take on the bastard's passing: https://www.rollingstone.com/

Good riddance, indeed. Why didn't we make him face justice in this world? Because this world is beyond fucked.